X-Men: Apocalypse 2016 [A review without spoilers]

The film begins with a spectacular sequence set in ancient Egypt, which quickly leads us into a mystical, epic and intriguing climate, where the first and powerful mutant In Sabah Nur is idolized by the masses. In the midst of a ritual of transferring his consciousness into another body to perpetuate, in Sabah Nur it is betrayed by those who consider him a false god, and ends buried alive, after the effort of his followers to save him.

The mutant wakes up and gets out again in 1983, but unfortunately, after that none of the appearances of En Sabah Nur, now renamed Apocalypse , will rise this initial sequence, and almost all their efforts to wipe out humanity and create a new world are undermined by a simple cartoonish ridiculousness in appearance, his speech and his motivations.

In fact, all its apocalyptic fury and his interest in end civilization arises in a scene that stands out as one of the most ridiculous and laughable movie: through a TV on and through her telepathy, laying his hand on it, the mutant “learns” in seconds all you need to know about the world, while mentioning is random words as “super powers” and “weapons” with dramatic voice.

The pioneer saga X-Men had the wisdom to renew and reinvent itself with First Class (a film which not coincidentally was launched in 2011, when another famous film universe of Marvel superheroes began to take hold and shape), giving new life to the characters already known to all and the relationship between them, but mostly leaving open the door to many stories for the future.